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The Cult of Incompetence
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FAGUET, ÉMILE
Product Details
ISBN: 9781923478527
Author: FAGUET, ÉMILE
Pages: 178
In this timeless classic, Émile Faguet delivers a brilliant critique of democracy and its elevation of the average. The Cult of Incompetence argues that where equality reigns, competence and wisdom perish.
Key Themes and Insights:
- Modern Mass Government:
Faguet dissects how modern mass government—for all its ideals—ends up venerating the low and empowering the inept.- Parliaments churning out frivolous laws.
- Officials chosen for loyalty over skill.
- A society cheerfully sinking into a self-inflicted mediocrity.
Why Read The Cult of Incompetence Today?
Reading The Cult of Incompetence today, one is struck by how many of Faguet’s observations anticipate ongoing issues in liberal democracies.
- In the current year, social media discourse often treats progressive apologia as equal to timeless wisdom.
- The “cult of incompetence” perhaps has metastasized in ways Faguet could only imagine.
At once provocative and erudite, this reactionary masterpiece champions the old-world virtues of knowledge, hierarchy, and earned authority.
Beatrice Barstow (Translator)
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